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West Indian manatee - Wikipedia

West Indian manatee ... The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), also known as the North American manatee, is a large, aquatic mammal native to warm coastal ...

Manatee (Trichechus manatus) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Manatees are large marine mammals with two flippers and a large, paddle-shaped tail. The flippers are used to steer and hold vegetation.

Trichechus manatus (West Indian manatee) - Animal Diversity Web

The West Indian manatee or sea cow (Trichechus manatus) is commonly found in shallow coastal areas, but can also be found in shallow rivers, estuaries, and ...

West Indian Manatee | National Wildlife Federation

West Indian manatees prefer shallow, slow-moving waters of rivers, estuaries, saltwater bays, canals, and coastal areas. They can move easily between freshwater ...

Aquatic Mammals - Manatee | FWC

The Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris) is a subspecies of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) that lives in and is native to Florida.

Florida Manatee - Marine Mammal Commission

The Florida manatee, a subspecies of the West Indian manatee, is a large, slow-moving marine mammal with an elongated, round body and paddle-shaped flippers ...

Florida Manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris)

Florida manatees are large marine mammals that primarily eat plants, including seagrasses, other aquatic plants, and in some locations, salt marsh.

Trichechus manatus - West Indian Manatee - NatureServe Explorer

West Indian Manatee - Natureserve Global Rank: G2: West Indian manatees are highly threatened by collisions with watercraft throughout their range, ...

Trichechus manatus, West Indian manatee : fisheries - SeaLifeBase

Western Atlantic: Trichechus manatus manatus: from the coasts and rivers of Mexico to as far south to Rio Doce, Brazil including the Orinoco and Amazon; ...

Manatee - Wikipedia

... (Trichechus manatus), and the West African manatee (Trichechus senegalensis). ... Trichechus manatus · Linnaeus, 1758. Species · Trichechus hesperamazonicus ...

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758 - GBIF

Trichechus manatus Linnaeus, 1758. Dataset; GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Rank; SPECIES: Published in; Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae ...

Trichechus manatus - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics

West Indian manatees occur in coastal habitats and the lower reaches of rivers in the southeastern United States, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, and the ...

Trichechus manatus | CMS

A review of the literature and overview of the contemporary use of aquatic megafauna (cetaceans, sirenians, chelonians, and crocodylians) in the global tropics ...

Genetic Composition and Connectivity of the Antillean Manatee ...

Abstract: Genetic diversity and haplotype composition of the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) population from the San San Pond Sak (SSPS) wetland in ...

CLASSIFICATION - ADW: Trichechus manatus - Animal Diversity Web

Family Trichechidae manatees, Genus Trichechus manatees, Species Trichechus manatus West Indian manatee, Mammalia: information (1)Mammalia: pictures (4389)

Status and threats analysis for the Florida manatee (Trichechus ...

Trichechus manatus (West Indian manatee), especially T. m. latirostris, the Florida subspecies, has been the focus of conservation efforts ...

Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) - WoRMS

On a species of Lamantin resembling the Manatus Senegalensis (Cuvier) inhabiting the coast of east Florida.

Trends of the Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris ...

The Florida manatee population has climbed from 1,267 in 1991 to 6,620 in 2017 and estimates are now as high as 10,280 [9]. This population ...

Don't let me down: West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, is still ...

The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) is globally classified as Vulnerable by the IUCN. In Brazil, where the species was intensively hunted in the past ...

West Indian Manatee - Trichechus manatus - New Hampshire PBS

Characteristics ... The West Indian manatee is an aquatic mammal. It is gray or brown and has a very light covering of fur. It has a broad head with a big upper ...